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The Alphabet of Hurricanes

Tom McRae

The Alphabet of Hurricanes

Latest collection of melancholic folk from the banjo and mandolin playing English singer-songwriter

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5.8

Label
Cooking Vinyl
UK Release date
22/02/2010
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  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Using banjo and mandolin, he's made a beautiful, contemplative record
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  2. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    With no expectations for his fifth album, he's free to take the meek singer-songwriter sound to more interesting places
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  3. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    McRae has moved away from the more commercial angle of his previous album, King of Cards, and has produced a beautifully crafted piece of work reminiscent of his self titled debut
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  4. 8.0 |   State

    As a soundtrack to heartbreak and melancholy, there are few better, while this Alphabet even ends with a hint of cautious optimism for the future
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  5. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Inconsistent but sporadically moving
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  6. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  7. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Gone is the rawness of his debut and the innovation of its two follow ups. More worryingly, he’s missing the emotion that made those records so potent
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  8. 4.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  9. 4.0 |   PopMatters

    Too dated and inflated to take seriously
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  10. 4.0 |   The Sunday Times

    ...many of the slower songs merge into one another, and McRae’s voice comes into its own only within the clatter and bustle of Told My Troubles to the River
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  11. 4.0 |   musicOMH

    Tom McRae is so desperately trying to convince us that he's still a curmudgeon and angst continues to fill his soul, but it sounds unconvincingly flat
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